Looking for something to do with small scraps of fabric? Check out this awesome tutorial by Oh Fransson! for map of the states quilt blocks.
For the life of me I cannot find the blog post that I talked about my progress on this project. Which sucks because I cannot remember what size [...]
This week’s Humpday Blog love goes to my friend Steph Hertel’s Turtle Soup blog. Don’t confuse her with the yodeling sensation, Stefanie Hertel.
I don’t even know where to start! Steph is pretty much the perfected version of what I do at my blog … she makes things … creates things [...]
Oh boy.
In case you didn’t know, I hate the fair. It is absolutely NOT super-magical. Honestly, if I didn’t have to go for work, I wouldn’t go. And I really should play state fair bingo when I do go (after my shift) because it would make the day so much more exciting.
Regardless: it’s [...]
I’ve been working through my fabric scraps and I came across the Heather Ross Mendocino scraps that Adria had given me a while back. She had leftovers after making a really cool mendocino quilt.
Here are a few of my favorite ones … They’re 5″x6″
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Not the kind of lottery that involves money, unfortunately, but still awesome all the same!
I recently participated in FatQuarterShop.com‘s Jolly Jabber Block Lottery (see my entry here)… and I won! I get 1/3 of the blocks sent in.
Here’s my bounty of blocks (you can only [...]
A while back I was going to participate in a charm pack swap on craftster, but didn’t realize that I had to complete a swap before I can do two at a time … and I really wanted to rock the metal swap (which I blogged about earlier in the summer).
Anywho, I [...]
I recently marked down a LOT of items on my etsy shop for an Independence Day Sale. I decided to extend the sale into a summer sale.
As always, shipping to Des Moines and Ames is free. Just contact me before buying so I can adjust the shipping price and arrange a drop-off/pickup.
Here are [...]
Not really, but I always feel special when something I do ends up on somebody else’s blog.
A while back I blogged about a block I sent in to the Jolly Jabber Block Lottery. I sent it in a while back. Today I was catching up on all my [...]
I can’t believe I never blogged about this! I posted this on craftster.org a while back. I did these over the last 2 weekends.
Coin Stack baby top for my neice’s 1st b-day (in October). There’s a lot of fun fabrics in this — these were fabrics I’d bought to do the charm [...]
This is heinous, but I had to start somewhere. I’m going to probably tie quilt this beast and give it away or use it for a camping blanket ( in case I ever get to go camping again!) or a picnic blanket.

Hi there. I'm Calee. Not Caylee. Also known as chimes or the chimes. I'm 27, a designer, a runner, a self-proclaimed fitness queen, a craftster, a foodie, a music snob — some might call me a hipster. Here's the unabridged version.
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